Action Alert from the National Employment Law Project: As you know, in the past year we have made great progress in our fight for higher pay, with states like California, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, and now Hawaii all passing increases in their minimum…Read More

It sure isn't fair! Tips for waitstaff should be an extra for a job well done, not a way to keep costs down for restaurant owners. Why should ANY business owner be exempt from paying their workers the minimum wage? Image by the campaign to Raise The Minimum…Read More

Instead of letting voters decide, this governor just banned raising the minimum wage. Click here to comment on any of Gov. Mary Fallin's posts and tell her to stop putting her wealthy donors before the needs of struggling, hard-working Oklahomans. You…Read More

It should be more and sooner, but it's a huge step forward from $7.25! Maryland lawmakers just gave final approval to a bill that would raise the minimum wage in that state to $8.25 in July 2015; $8.75 in July 2016; $9.25 in July 2017 and $10.10 in July…Read More

Connecticut just did it!! They just became the first state to raise its minimum wage to $10.10. Now when will the rest of us follow their lead?
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